Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 19:02:59 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de Subject: Re: Fetching directories inclusive subdirectories on HTTP server via fetch or othe FreeBSD-own tools? Message-ID: <200904011702.n31H2xZI071651@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <49D39153.4020707@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
O. Hartmann <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > I run into a problem I can not solve. I need to fetch a whole directory > tree from a public remote site. The top level directory and its > subdirectories are accessible via ftp:// and http:// so I tried fetch, > but fetch does only retrieve data on file basis and does not copy a > whole directory tree recursively. The remote site does not offer > sftp/sshd for that purpose. > > Is there a simple way to perform such a task with FreeBSD's own tools (I > try to avoid installing 'wget' and sibblings)? I need to keep it simple, > task should be performed via cronjob. I'm afraid you can't do that with FreeBSD base tools. An alternative to wget would be "omi" (ports/ftp/omi) which is a simple FTP mirroring tool, written in C without any dependencies. Usage is simple: $ omi -s server.name.com -r /remote/dir -l ./local/dir Note that, by default, it tries to synchronize the local dir perfectly, i.e. if the remote dir is empty, it will wipe out the local dir. (The option "-P 0" will prevent omi from removing anything.) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "That's what I love about GUIs: They make simple tasks easier, and complex tasks impossible." -- John William Chambless
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200904011702.n31H2xZI071651>